Example sentences of "they [modal v] not [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | And they could n't sticks |
| 2 | you know was that they 'd got results which they could n't sort of like apply |
| 3 | Yes , I just wondered if they could n't sort of do a , a deal , you know to get them by air , the only thing about it is if they got to sort of |
| 4 | They could not foot the increased deficit . |
| 5 | He 's he 's out yes and there are two or three in which have erm you know they 're sorry that they 've gone back and er we feel sorry sort of for them that they 've dropped into and a lot of our young lads have got mortgages and all that but there are some gone back er they need not people erm they 'd finished rearing their families and everything . |
| 6 | White House officials insist this is a misunderstanding ; US interest in the coup evaporated rapidly when the rebels made it clear that they would not hand over Noriega . |
| 7 | I mean they would n't willy nilly , would they . |
| 8 | They were for the entertainment of the workers in their lunch break er , it was n't really much of a job but er , I kept applying to go onto the floor to actually work on the aircraft but they , they would n't sort of er , I was needed too much in the receiving departments so in the end I left . |
| 9 | I say they would n't sort of spend like he did . |
| 10 | You ca n't hear a thing , deaf as the , deaf as a post , and does n't wear any thing , I feel it 's very one side conversation because he , he says all the talking and they ca n't muck in almost unbearable , cos she likes to talk a lot to and she could n't get a word in because |
| 11 | Yeah the clock , the clock 's there I always get groups that say where 's the clock cos they ca n't sort of see where it is and I 'm sort of saying it 's the angle tell the time . |
| 12 | well I 'm not sure I 'm not sure they ca n't implementation I mean , we 're , we 're supposed to erm implement erm , equal , pension , rights for men and women |
| 13 | There are habits and sometimes there are bad habits and sometimes assume they ca n't hymn composer and our next hymn What is ? |
| 14 | They wo n't Brenda because if they did I would be opening the window or door and telling them exactly their fortune . |
| 15 | Tesco 's , they sent a letter out to them , and er , cos there open over Christmas period , er I think some of the stores and the letter says we all get two days off , cos , and then like , they , they wo n't Christmas day , twelve o'clock new , Christmas Eve and twelve o'clock new Christmas Day , they twelve o'clock |
| 16 | They wo n't muff their lines or fall short in a crisis . |
| 17 | Predictably they will tell the adviser that they can not rehouse all those families and perhaps the tenant can contact the police . |
| 18 | Always check to make sure that electrical wires attached to the television or any other appliances , such as reading lamps , are well secured , so that they can not trip people up . |
| 19 | That does not mean , he wrote , that if the body does not protest the project necessarily has any value , though for reasons I have gone into already it is necessary to put such thoughts out of mind , they can not help , they can only hinder , they can not water , they can only blight . |
| 20 | They can not police the place for themselves or teach for themselves , yet 400 teachers face redundancy this year . |